Standish Handicap

The Standish Handicap is a Group 3 event held at Flemington Racecourse.

Traditionally held on New Year’s Day, the Standish Handicap was moved to the middle of January in 2022.

The Standish Handicap is named after former Victorian Racing Club Chairman Frederik Standish.

First run in 1884, the Standish Handicap has been run at Group 3 level since 1980.

When Iglesia won the race in 2001, he did so in a track record time of 1:07.16, a mark that still stands to this day.

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2024 Standish Handicap Final Field

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Previous Standish Handicap Fields

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• 2023 Standish Handicap field

  No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
  1		Western Empire	John Leek (Jnr)	Jamie Mott	12	59.5kg
  2		Halvorsen	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	Blake Shinn	11	57kg
  3		Indian Pacific	Neville Parnham	Daniel Moor	7	54.5kg
  4		Vespertine	Grahame Begg	Jordan Childs	1	54kg
  5		Dawn Passage	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Craig Newitt	9	54kg
  6		Regardsmaree	Nick Ryan	TBC	2	54kg
  7		Parsifal	Will Clarken & Nikki O’Shea	Damien Thornton	6	54kg
  8		Rose Quartz	Grahame Begg	Harry Coffey	8	54kg
  9		Umgawa	Leon & Troy Corstens	Ethan Brown	3	54kg
  10		Ocean Beyond	Andrew Bobbin	Linda Meech	5	54kg
  11		Snapper	Mike Moroney	Jye McNeil	10	54kg
  12		Crestani	Pat Carey	Dean Holland	4	54kg

2023 Standish Handicap result

Recent Standish Handicap winners

• 2023: Snapper makes every post a winner
  The 2023 edition of the Standish Handicap saw Snapper Power make every post a winner, with an outstanding front-running ride from hoop Jye McNeil. On his first Saturday back after a stint in Hong Kong racing, McNeil was able to return in style. There were plenty of admirers for the well-backed Snapper ($5), who was able to jump cleanly from barrier eight, before leading towards the near-side running rail of the Flemington straight. Snapper managed to hold off the fast-finishing Rose Quartz ($4), who just ran out of time chasing down the leader, who had got some cheap sectionals earlier in the race.
• 2022: Halvorsen picks up second Standish
  Following a decent spell and a different training routines, Halvorsen ($7.50) returned to winning ways in the 2022 Standish Handicap. Having won the race in 2020, Jamie Kah piloted the Robbie Girffiths & Matthew de Kock-trained veteran to feature success. Despite giving race favourite It’sourtime ($3.40) a 2kg advantage, Halvorsen managed to build through his gears perfectly to blouse the favourite in the shadows of the winning post, with The Astrologist ($5) back in third. The win handed Jamie Kah her second straight win in the Standish Handicap, having steered Sirius Suspect to victory 12 months prior.
• 2021: Sirius Statement runs rivals ragged
  Having placed in three of his last four starts at Stakes level, the Saab Hasan-trained Sirius Suspect broke his duck when leading throughout in the 2021 Standish Handicap. Ridden perfectly by Jamie Kah, the Flemington specialist managed to hold out his rivals when it mattered most, and in doing so handed trainer Saab Hasan his first stakes winner since Shoreham won the Group 3 Easter Cup in 2018.
• 2020: Halvorsen continues to relish Flemington straight
  Queensland-based Andrew Mallyon returned to Flemington to ride Halvorsen in the 2020 Standish Handicap, and the flight was well worth it, as the Robbie Griffiths-trained sprinter continues his strong affiliation with the Flemington straight. Having won his previous two starts at the track, Halvorsen made no mistake in the Standish, when getting the better of $3 race favourite Bold Star.

Standish Handicap past winners list

Standish Handicap Past Winners Pre 2000